Some growers consider mating disruption more expensive than their conventional insecticide programs, but new formulations have lowered the cost of this technology without reducing effectiveness, reports Joe Grant, University of...

FRESNO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aligning the biocontrol industry on a global scale was the goal of the first-ever meeting of the International Biocontrol Federation in Fresno, Calif. March 2-3. The symposium drew 121...

As scientists seek to make crops resilient against disease and the effects of climate change, they are turning to what may seem like an unlikely champion: fungi, according to a story written by ClimateWire. Click here to...

(C&EN) — Insects do billions of dollars’ worth of damage to agricultural products annually, and they can also be the vectors of numerous diseases. A team of researchers led by Yeon Ho Je and Sang Woon Shin of Seoul...

A Buckinghamshire farmer has set up a new company with the aim of bringing new biological technology to UK growers in the next five years. According to the UK publication Farmers Weekly, Antony Pearce, who farms just over...

People are increasingly aware of the link between the trillions of microbes that live within our bodies and human health. Studies have found that a healthy population of bacteria, or a microbiome, in a person can prevent food...

Bedbugs are pesky insects, living in mattresses and coming out at night to bite at your exposed skin. Now, though, scientists may have just created a new technique to combat the global bedbug epidemic, according to Science World...

As consumer demand for sustainably  farmed food increases, adoption of bio-pesticides is trending upward as well. According to the Bio-pesticide Industry Alliance (BPIA), this is one of several factors contributing to the...

(The Western Producer) — LINDELL BEACH, B.C. — Venom from the Australian funnel-web spider can produce a unique biological when fused with a protein from the snowdrop plant. A article in The Western Producer says this...

(phys.org) — Plants have a symbiotic relationship with certain bacteria. These ‘commensal’ bacteria help the pants extract nutrients and defend against invaders – an important step in preventing pathogens from...

(phys.org) — Washington State University researchers have developed a unique method to use microbes buried in pond sediment to power waste cleanup in rural areas. The first microbe-powered, self-sustaining wastewater...

(phys.org) — The colonization of land by the first land plants was a key step in the evolution of life on Earth. The exact circumstances of this shift, however, have not been fully explained. Taku Demura and colleagues at...

(INRA) — Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas that is also responsible for destroying the ozone layer.  France’s INRA research scientists in Dijon have shown that the ability of soils to eliminate N2O can...

(The Japan News) — An agricultural research center in western Japan has developed and commercialized a ladybug as a biological. The development by the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization’s Western Region...